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Perfect Spring Wedding at Chestnut Ridge

Alix + Patrick
April 23
Chestnut Ridge

Alix + Patrick's wedding was a day celebrating their love for each other and their friends and family. The ceremony, officiated by their siblings, was touching and so sweet as they shared their handwritten vows including promises to attend as many Broadway shows as they can while living in NYC. The choreographed first dance set the tone for a night filled of fun, as Alix and Patrick danced into the night, surrounded by their loved ones!

Planner: CR Planning | Ceremony + Reception: Chestnut Ridge | Floral: Springvine | Beauty: Nomadic Beauty | Caterer: Black Eyed Susan Catering | Calligraphy: Joy Unscripted | Ceremony Musician: Sandy Herrault | Band: Diamond River Band | Transportation: Peak Limo + Young Transportation

2021: A Quick Look Back

I’ll never forget the celebrations and weddings of 2021.

The emotional rollercoasters of event planning during a pandemic brought new and different challenges, however the moments we experienced and captured felt sweeter and larger than life. After all the postponements from the previous year, relationships seemed stronger, details more thoughtful and the receptions more electric than ever before.

Lots more to celebrate and share but here’s a quick ‘snap-shot’ of our weddings in 2021. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them.

{See full list of vendors we love and worked with at the bottom of the post}

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Venues:
Biltmore Estate | The Ridge | Omni Grove Park Inn | Laurel Falls | Mount Airy Farm | Albemarle Inn | Honeysuckle Hill | Highland Brewing | Biltmore Forest Country Club | The Farm at Old Edwards Inn | JuneBug Asheville | Chestnut Ridge | Lonesome Valley

Planners:
Belle Soiree | Two Sweet Sparrows | Smash Events | Quill Creative Event Design | Weddings with Tara | Plain with Sprinkles | Mingle Events | Party Envy | Verge Events | CR Planning | Asheville Event Co. | Events with Kiersa | The Planning

Floral:
Bloom Room | Floressence Flowers | Inspired Design | Petal + Fern | Flora | Urban Farm Girl | Cricket Newman Designs | Blossoms Creative

Makeup + Hair:
Pop of Color | Polished and Powdered | Flawless | Fab Flawless Hair + Makeup | Cotton Rouge Makeup + Hair | Blush Asheville | Lola Salon | Hughes Hair Design | Jessie D’Angelo Makeup | Della Terra Beauty | Asheville Hair Design | Powder Me Pretty

Rentals:
East West Vintage Rentals | Vintage Indigo | Classic Event Rental | Professional Party Rental |

Calligraphy:
Joy Unscripted | Freckles + Ink

Catering:
Verbena | Chef Michael’s Catering | 67 Biltmore | Luella’s | Catering by Corey

Desserts:
Sunshine Sammies | Layered by Lex | Mrs. Sugar Booger | Sweet Elegance | Nettie’s Bakery | Short Street Cakes

Music:
Carolina Music Planner | Cafe Strings Quartet | Emerald Empire City Band | The Royal Strings | The Maxx | Queen Bee | Mar | The Royal Suits | The Finns | Dean’s Duets | Brandon Crocker

DJs:
Split Second Sound | Remix | Spintastic Sounds | DJ P-LO

Videographers:
Sweet Horizon | Magic Hour Creative | J. Mitchell Productions | Crown Alley Films | Pretty Films | Naisang Films | Fiasco Pictures | First Look Photo + Video | Ian Davidson Films | Grand Jour

Transportation:
Elite Limo | Grayline Trolley | Young Transportation | Eastside Transportation | Peak Limo | Coats Classic

Other Vendors:
Tim Lolley | Overflow Studios Live Painter | Skip Rhode Live Painter | After the Tone | Shutterbooth | Zim Zoom Photobooth

An Elegant Mountain Wedding at Claxton Farm | Asheville, NC

This day was with no doubt one of my favorites of 2015. Ashlee and Wich invited their closest friends and family to spend the entire weekend with them in Asheville, North Carolina. Wich's family have spent their summers at Montreat for years thus an obvious location for their destination wedding. I'm going to let the images tell the story, but as you will see this day was perfectly filled with everything a good day should be filled with. Family, friendship and love.  

This wedding was recently featured on Borrowed and Blue

{Vendors listed at the bottom}

Venue: Claxton Farm | Event Planner, Floral & Design : Shay Brown Events | Linen : BB&J | Farm Tables & Rentals : Classic Event Company | Invitation Suite : 7 Ton Co. | Photographer: Rachael McIntosh Photography | Videographer : Four Seasons Films | Catering and Cake : M7 Events | Hair & Make-up : Cody's Wedding Creation | Music : Adrian Duke | Officiant : Fred Werhan | Transportation : Youngs Buses | Get-a-way-car : Cody's Wedding Creations |

A Romantic Elopement in the Rain | A Styled Shoot somewhere in the Nevada Desert

Styling : Amanda O'Shannessy | Floral Design : Flower Story | Hair & Make-up : Ruby Finch Salon | Model : Kendra Lee & Husband | Bridal Gown : Lovely Bride | Paper goods : The aerialist Press | Cake : Pretty Please Bakeshop | Hosted and film processing by The Little Film Lab |